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Meditation for Day Nineteen

5/16/2020

 
Meditation

1)   Place yourself in the presence of God.
2)   Ask for the grace of a deep self-knowledge. “Lord, let me know myself.”
3) Read the text below and then spend a brief period of time reflecting on it.

Consideration of our own weakness.  (From St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, Way of Salvation) 

Oh Lord! What is man so that you remember him, the son of Adam so that you care for him? (Ps 8:4). Lord, I am nothing. Of myself, I have nothing good. On the contrary, there is failure in everything, always tending to nothingness. I am quicker to retreat than to advance.

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate (Ps 38:6). “In Your sight I am vanity and nothingness, a weak, unstable man. In what, therefore, can I glory, and how can I wish to be highly regarded? Is it because I am nothing? This, too, is utterly vain. Indeed, the greatest vanity is the evil plague of empty self-glory, because it draws one away from true glory and robs one of heavenly grace. For when a man is pleased with himself he displeases You, when he pants after human praise he is deprived of true virtue.” (Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, Fortieth Chapter).

Remember, brother, you are dust and to dust you shall return. Now you see, you listen, you speak and you walk. There will come a day when you will not see anymore, you will not feel, you will not speak, and you will not walk. When your soul separates from the body, the body will be left to be consumed by the worms and will return to dust. The soul will find itself in the eternity it deserved.

Ah, my Redeemer! You have given your life to gain Paradise for me. Seeing my littleness, you reach out to me with your help. You give me your own Mother. Lord, I love you, and I regret having offended you.

Mary, my hope. I am nothing, and I have nothing. I hope for everything from you. Have mercy on me.

4) After the time of reflection, pray the Litany of the Holy Spirit


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National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes
on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University
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16330 Grotto Road
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
Phone: 301-447-5318


MASS:
Monday–Friday    11:00 AM
​Saturday                   12:00 noon
Sunday (English)   12:00 noon
​Sunday (Español)    2:00 PM

ADORATION:
​Saturday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM
Sunday     10:45 AM–11:45 AM

CONFESSION:
Saturday 10:45 AM–11:45 AM
Sunday     10:45 AM–11:45 PM

FIRST SATURDAY DEVOTION:
After 12:00 noon Mass every First Saturday
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